Experience: 16th Season
Throws: R | Bats: R
Hometown: East Aurora, NY
Alma Mater: University of Richmond

Brooks Hatch joined the Knights in 2011 following a 34-year newspaper career, the last 26 of which were spent at the Corvallis Gazette-Times. He covered the Knights for the G-T for four seasons from the club’s first year in Corvallis until joining the front office. Hatch was named the Knights Staff Member of the Year in 2014.

Brooks is a 1972 graduate of East Aurora (N.Y). High School, where he played baseball and soccer. He graduated from the University of Richmond (Va.) in 1976 with degrees in history and journalism. He worked at the Minot (N.D.) Daily News from 1976-79 and at the Bismarck (N.D.) Tribune from 1979-84 before moving to Corvallis to join the Gazette-Times in October 1984.

Brooks also worked as the Director of Writing/Sports Communication Assistant at Oregon State from August 2014 until May 2017, and again in 2022. He and his wife, Margi, live in Corvallis and have a son, Owen, a Crescent Valley High School (2016), Oregon State (2019), and University of Denver law school (2022) graduate.